Villanova maintained its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25, while another bunch of Wildcats found themselves sliding out of the rankings for the first time in nearly four years.
James Franklin certainly has his share of talent to replace at Penn State. Where are the nation’s other top contenders stocking up in advance of the 2018 season?

Kentucky slid out of Monday’s latest poll from No. 18 after losses to South Carolina and Florida, snapping a 30-game home winning streak for the Wildcats in Southeastern Conference play. That dropped coach John Calipari’s Wildcats out for the first time since March 2014 and snapped a 68-week stretch in the poll.

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After a solid rookie season, Murray has emerged as a leader this year on a team that lacks a go-to player in the fourth quarter. He embraced that role Monday in a game the Nuggets needed.

Jamal Murray’s a guy that can make (shots) throughout the game but he can also make big plays down the stretch, Denver coach Michael Malone said. It’s great to see a young, 20-year-old guard, second year in the NBA, who’s not afraid of the moment.

Brady will speak with reporters on Friday, but nobody should expect him or anyone else on the Patriots to be forthcoming about the severity of the injury. We’ll likely have to wait until Sunday to find out just how much the injury restricts him from doing what he does best.

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Larranaga quickly pointed to one stat to explain why: his team’s 26 assists — five more than its previous high — on 34 baskets.

I wish coaching was that easy, because on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, my coaches kept emphasizing to our players: We need more assists, we need more assists, this is how you get them, Larranaga said. And the players listened and executed.

The Hurricanes (14-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) came in averaging 67.8 points and shooting 42 percent in five league games, including just 30 percent from 3-point range to rank 14th in the 15-team conference. They blew past all those marks Sunday, from shooting 60 percent after halftime to making 10 of 19 3s for the game.

While Harrison garnered plenty of support, a number of comments were critical of his gun admiration.

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Dumbass glorifying guns, another user wrote.

Harrison already had been hated on last month for signing with the Patriots just days after his release from the Steelers, though the decision seems to have paid off considering Pittsburgh was upset by Jacksonville in Sunday’s divisional round game.

Expectations remain very low across the league that many of the remaining franchise players will get long-term deals. Particularly among the non-specialists.
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Shurmur takes over for Steve Spagnuolo, who served as interim coach after Ben McAdoo was surprisingly fired on December 10.

With Shurmur now in place, the Giants will now need to figure out what to do with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Shurmur and Gettleman will also need to figure out where Eli Manning fits in the team’s future.

The job in New York is Shurmur’s second head coaching job. The 52-year-old spent two seasons in Bilal Powell Jersey Cleveland (2011-12), where he went 9-23 with the Browns. After leaving Cleveland, Shurmur served as the offensive coordinator in Philadelphia for three seasons and even coached the team on an interim basis for one week after Chip Kelly was fired in 2015. Shurmur then joined the Vikings as tight ends coach in 2016 before being promoted to offensive coordinator after Norv Turner unexpectedly resigned during the middle of the season.

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The Tennessee Titans looked awful in the first half but came to life in the third quarter to dig their way out of a 21-3 halftime hole and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 22-21, on Saturday.
It was Jose Iglesias Youth jersey the first postseason victory for the Titans in 14 years, and they became the first road team since 1957 to overcome an 18-point, second-half deficit to win.

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His most impressive moment came at the end of the first half when he led the Chiefs down the field on a nine-play, 79-yard drive that was capped with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson with three seconds left in the half.

Authentic Womens Mel Blount Jersey Addressing reports of strife within the New England Patriots’ organization, owner Robert Kraft suggested his two biggest stars — Tom Brady and Bill Belichick — need to keep their egos under control for the relationship to last.

In life, you know, the hardest thing is to surround yourself with quality people, even in a marriage if it’s your partner, and then having continuity, Kraft said in an interview with the NFL Network before Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.

Life is difficult, especially if you’re doing things at a high level. Having continuity, keeping things going. … You know that fact that Tommy and Bill Belichick and my family have been together for 18 years.

With the Seahawks losing at home to the Cardinals, the Falcons didn’t need to win a tough game against the Panthers. But Atlanta handled business anyway and rolls into the postseason with some momentum on their side.
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Tennessee gave the Jaguars a golden opportunity to do so when Marcus Mariota and Derrick Henry collided for a fumble that squirted straight in the air and was returned for a Jacksonville touchdown. But Mariota put the game on ice with a stiff arm in the final minutes of the game to send the Titans to the postseason.

More plays like that in January, and Tennessee could sneak up on a team or two.

We’re going to handle it fine, Fournette said. This game will build you or break you. I believe every guy on this team is a stand-up guy. It’s not going to break us. We may bend at moments, but we aren’t going to break. I’m on to next week and getting ready for this playoff run.

Marrone hopes for the same. He said he is confident that returning home after these consecutive road losses will help heal his team.

Womens Jimmy Vesey Jersey Because two signature plays of this clash illustrated Tennessee’s dominant will. One was a 66-yard screen pass from Marcus Mariota to Derrick Henry early in the second quarter for the game’s first score. The other was a late third-and-5, stiff-arming, 15-yard run for a first down by Marriota that helped Tennessee drain the clock and protect their lead.

That leaves Mariota and his offense an even taller task than beating the Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium. Foxborough will be rocking thanks to yet another home game for the Patriots. Will it be enough to negate the Titans’momentum?

Take this game with the largest grain of salt you can find. The Rams effectively benched everybody, and their 2nd stringers simply couldn’t claw the 49ers enough to win. The real test starts this week.

Has the Rooney Rule made a difference? It’s hard to cite specific examples of when a coach or GM made the most of an interview, because it’s impossible to say if they would’ve received the opportunity otherwise. However, in just a few seasons there was a significant jump in the number of African-American coaches in the NFL.

At the time the rule was put in place, Dungy and Herman Edwards were the only minority coaches in the NFL.

On Sunday, one prominent club official said he’s reached out to owners and some executives in the league in the past few days, just to ask how they think this story—the anthem, and Goodell’s contract—is going to play out. He said he hasn’t gotten one definitive answer. Just guesses. And he said the other interesting thing is there’s no logical candidate who could build a consensus to be the next commissioner if Goodell is ousted. It’s a confusing time, in part because it’s unclear whether Goodell and his administration are going to be able to do enough to make the players actually trust the league.

We have a new columnist at The MMQB. Browns tackle Joe Thomas, who sat for the first time in his 11-year NFL career on Sunday, will be giving us some observations, semi-regularly, between now and the Super Bowl.

Sure, the Falcons have a different color helmet, but you get the gist. The original Falcons uniforms were actually designed as tributes to both Georgia and Georgia Tech. The team eventually removed the gold stripe that referenced the Jackets.

The Falcons unforgettably gave up 31 unanswered points last February to lose, 34-28. Like that same Georgia team, the Dawgs gave up 20 points to Bama in the second half, including Tua Tagovailoa’s 41-yard game winning touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith.

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It covered that spread. Brady did his thing. The defense made adjustments after an early Titans score, then shut down its opponent.
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The eight teams remaining in this year’s playoffs will face off in the divisional round on Jan. 13 and 14.

Players protesting during the national anthem was a controversial issue during the 2017 NFL regular season. The protests began last season when Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem to protest racial inequality. The protests carried into this season with more players following Kaepernick’s lead, raising the attention of President Donald Trump and NFL sponsor Papa John’s and fueling a firestorm among fans.

There was definitely an exchange, Beane said Tuesday during a postseason media conference. I think there’s a misunderstanding of what was said.

From what I understand, it was a little bit of on-the-field stuff, back and forth.

However, Beane said the team has contacted the NFL about Ngakoue’s allegations, and that Incognito has unsuccessfully reached out to the Jags lineman.

Ngakoue said Monday he could not recall whether Incognito used the N-word.

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i was next to my guy the entire game and the entire season and believe me, if he was saying some racist stuff I would have been the first to let him know that was out of line. Cut The BS, the tweet read.

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Shameful, really. That’s why Gettleman, who’s not afraid to play the disciplinarian, was an easy choice for club owners John Mara and Steve Tisch. Gettleman has to come in and clean up a mess that fired GM Jerry Reese made and fired coach Ben McAdoo couldn’t fix.Dale Weise Mens Jersey It used to mean something to be a Giant. But with the exception of Eli Manning and maybe Jason Pierre-Paul, there are no career Giants leaders to indoctrinate the new players. Of the 45 players drafted by the Giants from 2008 to 2013锟斤拷players who would be the veteran core of the team today锟斤拷only two are left: Pierre-Paul and guard Justin Pugh, and Pugh could leave in free agency after the season.

Oh. And Gettleman has to decide on the future of Eli Manning, who turns 37 Wednesday and has not played well, collectively, since the Giants won their last Super Bowl six years ago. (Among the 17 quarterbacks with at least 70 starts in the past six years, Manning has thrown the most interceptions, 98, and is second-worst in passer rating, 85.3, and yards-per-pass-attempt, 6.95.) I’m going to watch every game this year in chronological order, Gettleman said on Saturday afternoon. I’ve got to lean on the evaluation from the tape. Some inferred from his pro-Eli opening press conference that Manning will continue to be the Giants’ starter in 2018. That’s not necessarily so.

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But given the result of Sunday’s 34-29 comeback win over the Giants, the Eagles can have much more confidence in their quarterback after his first start in the wake of Carson Wentz’s season-ending knee injury.
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